Richard "Doc" Kraft served twenty-two years of active duty in the Navy and eight years in the Fleet Reserves He served multiple deployments to Okinawa, Vietnam, Cuba, Hawaii and several others. He is a decorated war veteran, awarded two Purple Hearts, the Bronze Star, Presidential Unit Citations, as well as Navy and Marine Corps Commendations. He retired a Navy Chief Corpsman, and served 22 years with the U.S. Postal Service.